__/ [ [H]omer ] on Friday 25 May 2007 06:36 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that alt spake thusly:
>
>> But I disagree to a point about your statement that a part of a person's
>> ambitions are tied to altruism. I find that my ambitions are tied closer
>> to my desire to learn. I just happen to not care if I get paid for what I
>> learn in a lot of cases.
>
> I'd agree. My primary motivations in such things are curiosity, the
> desire to learn, self achievement, and self-fulfilment.
>
> There is an altruistic element to what I do too, though, such as my work
> on Fedora, which can sometimes be a bit of a slog, but I do it anyway,
> because what started out as something motivated by curiosity becomes
> something others depend on. I gain great satisfaction from that.
[sarcasm] Don't you get satisfaction from getting a monthly piece of paper
with big numbers on it?
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